Meet Your Anti-Trump Indiana Republican Delegates To The National Convention

Indiana Republicans made sure their delegates to the Republican National Convention this year will be filled with a bunch of nominal Republicans who care principally about their government jobs, contracts and lobbying interests as opposed to any ideological leanings towards the Republican Party. By my count, Trump can rely upon one vote at a contested national convention, and that's Rex Early, former state party chairman and Trump Indiana chairman. Virtually everyone else has made no bones about their unwillingness to cast a vote for Trump. Some of them have even taken to Facebook and other social media sites to declare they will never vote for Trump, even if he receives the Republican nomination. The bottom line is that Indiana Republicans don't care who Republican primary voters want as their party nominee. In fact, Indiana Republicans are trying to discourage people from voting in next month's primary election by broadcasting the fact their votes won't matter. A lot of people are going to have fun working to defeat the re-election of Mike Pence this year as payback. Meet your anti-Trump Indiana delegates:

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Jeff Cardwell, State Chairman
Marsha Coats RNC Member
John Hammond RNC Member

At Large
Jim Bopp, Boone
Josh Claybourn, Warrick
Bill Davis, Allen
Daniel Dumezich, Lake
Rex Early, Marion (Trump Indiana Chairman)
Dennis Flynn, Lake
Samuel Frain, Hamilton
Anne Hathaway, Marion (Kasich Indiana Director)
Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb, Marion
State Sen. Erin Houchin, Washington
Tom John, Marion
State Sen. Howard Kenley III, Hamilton
David Lasco, Lake
Thomas Longest, Boone
Josh Marshall, Marion,
Michael McDaniel, Marion
Frederic Mills, Morgan
State Treasurer Kelly Mitchell, Marion
Michael Murphy, Marion
Matthew Morgan, Hamilton
Denise Pence, Bartholomew
Melissa Proffitt, Marion
U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita, Marion
Edwin Simcox, Hamilton
Curt Smith, Boone (Cruz Indiana organizer)
Paul Eric Turner, Hamilton
Thomas Wheeler II, Boone

District 1
James Snyder, Porter
County Councilor Dan Dernulc, Lake
Rebecca Holwerda,

District 2
Rudy Yakum, St. Joseph
Carol McDowell, Elkhart
Larry Garatoni, St. Joseph

District 3
State Sen. Travis Holdman, Wells
Barbara Krisher, Allen
Kyle Babcock, Allen

District 4
Craig Dunn, Howard
Secretary of State Connie Lawson, Hendricks
Barbara Knochel, Tippecanoe

District 5
Kyle Hupfer, Madison
Carmel Mayor James Brainard, Hamilton
David Brooks, Hamilton

District 6
State Rep. Randy Frye, Decatur
John Meredith, Wayne
Tara Armstrong, Hancock

District 7
State Sen. Patricia Miller, Marion
Jefferson Shreve, Marion
Jennifer Ping, Marion

District 8
Rick Martin, Warrick
Brenda Goff, Posey
William Springer, Sullivan

District 9
Jamey Noel, Clark
Beth Boyce, Johnson
State Rep. Eric Koch, Lawrence

Note on Marion County Voting: If you are voting early in Marion County and choose to cast your vote on the new electronic voting machines made by ES&S, please note that you will not find Donald Trump's name on the list of presidential candidates for the Republican primary ballot on the initial screen list of candidates. The list on the initial screen includes all of those candidates who long ago dropped out of the race, in addition to Ted Cruz and John Kasich. You have to click on "next page" at the bottom of the screen to find Donald Trump's name at the tail end of the list on the second screen page behind Marco Rubio. Some voters may mistakenly believe that initial screen is the full list of candidates. That's one of the downsides of electronic voting machines. They're much more susceptible to suggestion by presentation.